Package-carrier for automobiles



E. MCCOY.

PACKAGE CARRIER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

IAPPLICAHON FILED 1AN.10,19|9.

Patented J un'e ,8, 1920.

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EUGENE orsnzar'iins, Mrnnnfsorn.

PACKAGE-.CARRIER Fon. AUToMoBILEs.

,Specification of Letters Patent rammenta@ s, i920.

Application filed January 10, 19119. Serial No. 270,468.

. appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object Ito provide v an extremely simple and highly efficient package carrier v`forthe runningboard of an automobile; and to such ends,lgenerallyl stated, the invention consists ofthe novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and dened in the claims.

The invention lis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views. Referring to the drawings;

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view in side elevation showing portions of the automobile and showing my improved packagev carrier applied to the running board thereof; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1 ;A

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse vertical section on the line33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; and i Fig. 5 is a plan view of the parts shown in` Fig. 4.

Of the parts of the automobile it is only necessary for the purposes of the case to particularly note the running board 6 which is of the customary construction.

The carrier comprises an upright longitudinally extendedskeleton frame which, .as preferably constructed, comprises end posts 7, a top rail 8 and bars or rods 9. The posts 7 and top bar or rail 8 are preferably tubular, being made of wrought iron or steel tubing or pipe sections, the ends of the top .bar 8 being connected to the tops of the posts 7 by suitable elbows 10. The bars or rails 9, at their ends,I are connected to the intermediate portions of the posts 7 The lower ends of the posts 7 are' swiveled in the sleeve-like heads 11 of horizontal crank arms 12, which crank arms are pivoted on lbolts or machine screws 13 passed through perforations therein and shown as engageable at their lower ends with'nuts 14; The crank arms 12 rest on the upperfacesyof are provided with longitudinal slots 18 65 Y through whicht'he bolts 13 are passed, .and .f A preferably, and .as shown, the nuts l14 .are provided with reduced-angular portions 14"L that slide, lout do not turn within the *said slots .18. The sleeves V11 are provided with 70 set screws 11a which, when tightened, hold the crank arms against rotation, in respect to the post 7.k I f n With the above described arrangement,

the slots 18 provide for adjustments of the 75 frame 8-9 toward and from the side of vthe automobile, and by oscillatory movements of the crank arms 12, the said frame may be set in fartherand out farther than Awould be permitted simply by the slots. To 804 Y illustrate, the frame canbe slid inward as far as the nuts 14 will go in the slots 18 and then the cranks may be turned inward to throw the frame close against the side of the machine, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3; 85

, and, on the other hand, the nutsA 14 can be moved outward to their limit in the slots 18 and then the cranks 12 can be turned out` i ward so as to set the frame approximately at the outer edge of the running-board, as` shown by full lines in Fig. 3. Of course, the holding frame may be set in any desired intermediate position and also one end maybe set farther out than the other. By these y adjustments, the carrier can be adjusted to hold packages of different sizes; may be i easily extended or projected for use, or -set to its inner position where it will not be in the way and will leave the running board free for use in the ordinary way. Also, the y quickly applied ,whereby the width of the carrying space in "the applied carrier may be varied.

Y 2. fi package carrier for the running boards of automobiles, comprising anchor bars securable to a running board, an up-v right frame, and crank members pivotally 'Y 5 connected to and supporting said frame and themselves connected to said anchor bars for combined oscillatory and sliding movements.VA

3. The combination with Van automobile, of a package carrier applied to the running l board thereof and comprising an upright frame, and connections between said frame andrnnningboard permittlng saldjframe to be laterallyr adjusted while connectedthereto, to be moved to and from an operative position, and to be secure'diny different operative Apositions to vary the carrying space.

4. In a package carrierfor the running,-

boards of automobilesythe combination with anchor bars securable tothe running board transversely thereof and having longitudinal slots, nut-equipped boltsslidable in said slots,` crank arms pivotallymounted on said bolts, and an upright frame havingend in said sleeves. f 1 l v v Y i In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two .posts pivotally mounted inthe free ends of said crank arms and movable to and from Voperative?positions by combined sliding and pivotal movementsjof said crank arms.

5. In a package-earner for the runningboards of automobiles, the combination with Vanchor bars securable to the runningboard free ends, anV upright frame having `vend i posts pivotally; mounted vin said-bearing l,

sleeves, and set clamping devicesappliedto said sleeves for Vrigidly securing said posts witnesses. Q 4

Vitnesses: @y x 4; GLaRA DEMARES'I,l e. Y, BERNIGE G. BAUMANN. e 

